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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.I wonder whether he would be best suited for us at SILB, where I think he would be an animal in time.
I understand the need to upgrade at OLB, but im kind of hoping BB gets another MLB........My binky is McClain, and yes i know, no chance in hell he'll be there when we pick
McClain may not be available to trade up using our top two picks plus our fourth.
I think that many here would agree that passing up on Woodley was a blunder. If [Graham]'s there in the 2nd I would take him.
The current value I assign him is early 2nd.
So if BG is there in the early second say with the 40th pick I would try to move up for him. Mayo, you make a good point about his senior bowl performance and certainly the woodley comparison could push him into the 1st.
I wouldn't take him in the first 1st - but of course that depends on my/your/Pats draftboard.
Mayo, I didn't deep dive into our feasability of drafting him at the spot at or near where he was taken. I only to say that not to have made a move for him -(trade player(s), current pick(s), future pick(s)) or play the draft game in a such a way as to draft him- was a mistake and he would have been very good on this team.
Misi, Carrington, Graham, Norwood, Lane...the second round is suddenly looking very good for OLB/DE prospects.
I see Carrington as more likely in the first than Graham - it's the size thing.And the 3rd round even better. Graham is a certain 1st or 2nd rounder, but the other guys you mentioned are problem as likely to go 3rd round as late 2nd right now.
Do you see Carrington as a DE/OLB prospect or a 3-4 DE?
I'd rather have Woodley than Meriweather, knowing how they turned out. Woodley has shown that he can play proficiently at the 3-4 OLB position and bring the pressure on the QB. Better pass pressure this year would have benefited the team more than the safety play of Meriweather, considering they had Chung, McGowan, and Sanders this year.
The problem with both Graham and Woodley is that they just don't fit BB's physical requirements at OLB.
Brandon Graham Scouting Report - 2010 NFL Draft Prospect
6'2 263 lbs. The question is whether Graham is mroe suited to play 4-3 DE or 3-4 OLB. Can he make the adjustment that Woodley did? Will BB rule him out because of lack of height? That's already 1 strike against him unfortunately.
Passing up Woodley was a blunder at what point?
- Was not taking Woodley at 24 a blunder? He wasn't rated that highly, and Meriweather was considered a more talented prospect at a position of equal need. Taking Woodley at 24 would have been considered a major reach in 2007.
- Should we have reached for Woodley at 28 instead of trading and getting Mayo in 2008? I'll stick with Mayo.
Passing up Woodley was a blunder at what point?
- Was not taking Woodley at 24 a blunder? He wasn't rated that highly, and Meriweather was considered a more talented prospect at a position of equal need. Taking Woodley at 24 would have been considered a major reach in 2007.
- Should we have reached for Woodley at 28 instead of trading and getting Mayo in 2008? I'll stick with Mayo.
- Should we have not traded for Wes Welker with our 62 pick, and instead tried to trade up for Woodley? I'll stick with Welker.
I don't think we blundered. We just didn't have the ammo to make a move for Woodley. Where we blundered was not trading up for Stewart Bradley in the 3rd round, who went at 87 when we had 91.
As for Graham, if he's available in the 42-47 range he would be great value, no doubt about it. But at 22? Not so sure. And after his Senior Bowl performance it's not clear he'll last very long. If we take a solid value at 22 and Graham goes 28-35, did we "blunder" again?
I like it. Graham is like a bigger, stronger, more explosive Tully Banta-Cain. He's every bit as good as Woodley was (in college). I'd have trouble taking him at #22, however. But if we traded down, he might be one of the guys we're looking at.karlos dansby in FA
brandon graham in the draft
solves our LB issue with just one pick